Where will gun worship end, with cannons?

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Jan 20, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Editor, the Record:

Editor, the Record:

OK, all you gun nuts — get out your poison pens.

I cannot understand how these people think that you have a God-given right to have firearms. More guns mean only more deaths. The correlation between fewer guns and fewer deaths is strongly apparent when you check studies around the world. Even Wayne LaPierre, vice president of the NRA, would agree, if his mind was working.

The Second Amendment is quite short and has been defined many ways. But the current definition is very open-ended, even allowing assault weapons that were made for warfare. What will be the next demand? Cannons? The power of the NRA is frightening. Even after the gun outrages that have occurred, our legislators quaver in fear of its power and resist solutions.

Yes, there may be other issues in recent massacres, such as mental illness and violent electronic games. They should be addressed. But don't use that as an excuse to put off immediate restriction of gun ownership and use. There the evidence is overwhelming.

Here's the last reason that oddballs use to justify gun slaughter — to protect themselves against "the government."

I have spoken to various paranoid conspiracists and find there is no reasoning with them. The only thing I can suggest is for them to get the kind of help that some of the mentally ill should have before they become violent.

HERB ROSEN

Stroudsburg

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